US 12,263,083 B2
Systems for transcatheter prosthesis delivery and methods
Sumeeyae Haribabu, Ballybrit (IE); and Malachy Magee, Banbridge (GB)
Assigned to MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,318, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354639 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/2418 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2433 (2013.01); A61F 2/2466 (2013.01); A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2210/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthesis comprising:
a stent frame having an inner surface and an outer surface;
a valve structure positioned within the stent frame; and
a helical track formed by one or more guides extending inwardly from the inner surface of the stent frame, wherein at least one of the one or more guides defines an enclosed opening.